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Tommy Fury vs Jake Paul undercard in full including Badou Jack vs Ilunga Makabu fight

It will be a huge event in Saudi Arabia tongith with the fight between Tommy Fury and Jake Paul finally taking place.

Fury and Paul will face each other both hoping to maintain their unbeaten records, with Fury holding an 8-0-0 professional record. The winner of the fight will be rewarded with a WBC cruiserweight ranking, meaning that an unlikely world title shot in the future could be a possibility.

While that would be a top-40 ranking, also on the night fans will get to see the pinnacle of the WBC's cruiserweight ranks on the same card. Badou Jack faces Ilunga Makabu hoping to claim Makabu's WBC cruiserweight world title in what is a big world title fight on the undercard.

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In addition to this, Adam Saleh also fights on the card, with the YouTuber continuing his professional boxing career against Stuart Kellogg. In addition to this, unbeaten Bader Samreen faces Viorel Simion while another undefeated fighter Muhsin Cason takes on Taryel Jafarov.

Here is the full undercard for what is a big night of boxing.

What time does the undercard start?

The event will take place in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia on Sunday, February 26 with the card getting underway at 6:30pm UK time and main event to take place at 9:30 pm UK time.

Frury vs Paul undercard in full

Subject to change

  • Jake Paul vs Tommy Fury
  • Ilunga Makabu vs Badou Jack – for WBC cruiserweight title
  • Bader Samreen vs Viorel Simion
  • Muhsin Cason vs Taryel Jafarov
  • Ziyad Almaayouf vs Janos Penzes
  • Adam Saleh vs Stuart Kellogg

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